"If a new KPart or KIOslave is created for 1 app, it can be used by all apps."
Wow. You mean...like...COM?
Not everything from MS is total crap.
Regarding redudancy and bloat in MS Apps, I'm sure it is present. However apps do use common libraries (dll's), objects (via COM, ActiveX, and now.NET), and GUI widgets.
Bloat and redundancy are introduced when the common objects "just aren't good enough". Or if one vendor is trying to differentiate their software more from a competitor.
I have four different sound editing programs, 10 different graphics programs, and a slew of compilers on my system. Each category of program shares 90% of the functionality across all of them. But many do not share common libraries (or look and feel).
But where would we be if we didn't have software competition?
The problem is the people of this country are so wrapped in in the trivialities of their media fed lives that the most important thing for them is trying to figure out who the next idol will be.
It's shameful and disgusting. Because of this atmosphere of conformance and self-obsessiveness, acts like the national ID and the expanded patriot act have passed or will pass with little if any resistance.
Our freedoms and our country are slipping away due to the media-induced coma a majority of the people are under.
Wars, lies, and torture.
There was once a country which opposed these instruments of tyrrany.
I still find that women are turned off by my profession (programmer).
I mean, don't get me wrong, I am happily married. But women will hit on me at the gym (when I don't where my band, I've already bent the hell out of it when weight lifting).
I'm polite about it. But whenever that question comes up (what do you do?), I usually get the quick exit treatment. I almost get the feeling that women are intimidated by it or something. Like they don't think that someone "so smart" would ever be interested in them.
So geeks, get up your friggin' courage. Women, stop thinking so low about yourselves.
But let's turn the tables here. Let's give the home builders the usual specs that a software developer is given.
You estimate it will take you 18 months to build the house. The "owner" comes back and says you have eight.
You say you need specific pieces of wood and nails to build the house with, however the owner tells you to use new unproven materials that don't even have effective methods of working with.
You say you need specific types of hammers, saws, cement mixers, etc. The owner says you can only use a rusty hammer with a broken claw, a dull saw, and you'll have to mix the cement by hand in a bucket to pur the foundation.
Your allowed to look at the location your going to build at, but you are not given the resources or time research the ground stability.
After you have rushed together a blue print, you're told to start. Halfway through, the owner changes the building materials, tells you that the utilities won't be there for another year, and change the complete layout of the house in the process.
In the last two weeks of frantic work, the town code person changes all the building codes.
So what kind of house do you get after this?
You don't.
And that's how a lot of software comes out.
~X~
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And to give a brief synopsis of average Joe Sixpack user: Dual boot? Partitions? WTF? Hey I know Lilo, he's the cute blue alien that breaks stuff in the cartoons. Oh you lost me again talking about that partition thing again....
At grade school level, calculators could be looked upon as a black-box. They know how to input and get the output.
But the kids do not know what goes on inside the black-box. They have set and get methods to access the data, but lack the understanding.
Therefore, a child does not "know" multiplication.
Along similar lines, programmers do this everyday. They may not know the algorithm for MPEG4, but they can use a library to access the data and manipulate it they way they want.
The big difference here is that basic math is a fundamental life skill, while knowing the MPEG4 algorithm is not.
In life, there are some things that should be learned the hard way (for some, it is the only way they learn). Other things do not need to be.
I wouldn't expect any random person I meet to be able to implent the MPEG4 codec, but I would expect them to be able to tell me what 10x10 is.
"What some still heavily debate are the causes of said warming."
Which is ludicrous in light of the fact that global warming is happening.
There is a grwing number of scientist who already say that there isn't much we can do to stop it anymore. It's already too late. They're advocating preparation.
And a common-sense argument is if you put 75000 hp in your standard car, they'll be using a sponge to get your remains off from whatever scorched patch of asphalt you tried to run it on.
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You could just siphon it back int the can. Sure you'll be warming up your ice water, but that process will take a long time.
:)
Another thing that could be done is to add salt to the ice water.
~X~
Anyone else here think that it was a good thing Steve Jobs' parents didn't name him Han?
Incoming! Negative Mod Points!
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"If a new KPart or KIOslave is created for 1 app, it can be used by all apps."
.NET), and GUI widgets.
Wow. You mean...like...COM?
Not everything from MS is total crap.
Regarding redudancy and bloat in MS Apps, I'm sure it is present. However apps do use common libraries (dll's), objects (via COM, ActiveX, and now
Bloat and redundancy are introduced when the common objects "just aren't good enough". Or if one vendor is trying to differentiate their software more from a competitor.
I have four different sound editing programs, 10 different graphics programs, and a slew of compilers on my system. Each category of program shares 90% of the functionality across all of them. But many do not share common libraries (or look and feel).
But where would we be if we didn't have software competition?
I bet MS knows the answer to that question.
~X~
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Grant them the longer copyrights...then tax the hell out of the "intellectual property" until it is released in the public domain.
But we can't have THAT, now can we. I mean, it's not like owning a house (which you pay taxes on forever).
~X~
The problem is the people of this country are so wrapped in in the trivialities of their media fed lives that the most important thing for them is trying to figure out who the next idol will be.
It's shameful and disgusting. Because of this atmosphere of conformance and self-obsessiveness, acts like the national ID and the expanded patriot act have passed or will pass with little if any resistance.
Our freedoms and our country are slipping away due to the media-induced coma a majority of the people are under.
Wars, lies, and torture.
There was once a country which opposed these instruments of tyrrany.
I'd like to see that country again someday.
~X~
I still find that women are turned off by my profession (programmer).
I mean, don't get me wrong, I am happily married. But women will hit on me at the gym (when I don't where my band, I've already bent the hell out of it when weight lifting).
I'm polite about it. But whenever that question comes up (what do you do?), I usually get the quick exit treatment. I almost get the feeling that women are intimidated by it or something. Like they don't think that someone "so smart" would ever be interested in them.
So geeks, get up your friggin' courage. Women, stop thinking so low about yourselves.
And for fsck's sake just talk to one another.
The more people get laid, the happier they'll be.
~X~
Or John Romero talking about cunnilingus (or fellatio for that matter.....
I think I'll go vomit up my spleen now.
~X~
But let's turn the tables here. Let's give the home builders the usual specs that a software developer is given.
You estimate it will take you 18 months to build the house. The "owner" comes back and says you have eight.
You say you need specific pieces of wood and nails to build the house with, however the owner tells you to use new unproven materials that don't even have effective methods of working with.
You say you need specific types of hammers, saws, cement mixers, etc. The owner says you can only use a rusty hammer with a broken claw, a dull saw, and you'll have to mix the cement by hand in a bucket to pur the foundation.
Your allowed to look at the location your going to build at, but you are not given the resources or time research the ground stability.
After you have rushed together a blue print, you're told to start. Halfway through, the owner changes the building materials, tells you that the utilities won't be there for another year, and change the complete layout of the house in the process.
In the last two weeks of frantic work, the town code person changes all the building codes.
So what kind of house do you get after this?
You don't.
And that's how a lot of software comes out.
~X~
And to give a brief synopsis of average Joe Sixpack user:
Dual boot? Partitions? WTF? Hey I know Lilo, he's the cute blue alien that breaks stuff in the cartoons. Oh you lost me again talking about that partition thing again....
~X~
At grade school level, calculators could be looked upon as a black-box. They know how to input and get the output.
But the kids do not know what goes on inside the black-box. They have set and get methods to access the data, but lack the understanding.
Therefore, a child does not "know" multiplication.
Along similar lines, programmers do this everyday. They may not know the algorithm for MPEG4, but they can use a library to access the data and manipulate it they way they want.
The big difference here is that basic math is a fundamental life skill, while knowing the MPEG4 algorithm is not.
In life, there are some things that should be learned the hard way (for some, it is the only way they learn). Other things do not need to be.
I wouldn't expect any random person I meet to be able to implent the MPEG4 codec, but I would expect them to be able to tell me what 10x10 is.
Without a calculator.
~X~
Everyone knows where methane comes from!
Obligatory Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome quote:
Max: Horseshit.
Auntie: Pigshit.
Max: What?
The Collector: The cars, the lights, it all runs on a high-powered gas called methane. Methane cometh from pig-shit.
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Um...Alaska isn't a country. It' part of the US.
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Guess all those meteorologist out there who have tracking the global temp averages moving up must be smoking crack then.
And all those glaciers that are melting in the Andes mountains, the Himalayas, and Alaska are just a coincedence.
And the rise in ocean temperatures across the globe. Guess it mus be faulty equipment.
Environmental scientist take samples from all over the globe and try to get an accurate picture of what's happening.
And the data they use go back a lot farther than 100 years.
~X~
"What some still heavily debate are the causes of said warming."
Which is ludicrous in light of the fact that global warming is happening.
There is a grwing number of scientist who already say that there isn't much we can do to stop it anymore. It's already too late. They're advocating preparation.
~X~
Before you go spouting off inane nonsense, this has nothing to do with rising sea levels. Nor is it mentioned.
The lakes are being absorbed by thawing soil and evaporation. The article does not say anything about sea-levels.
And for clarification, a 1cm rise in sea-level is billions of gallons of water.
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Drugs are a CRIMINAL offense. It is a federal CRIME to posses, use, or distribute drugs.
Copying copyrighted material for free is a CIVIL offense. No jail time. This is why copyright owners SUE.
These are completely different.
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Drugs are a federal offense and prosecutable by the law.
Distribution of copyrighted materials for free is a civil matter.
These are completely different. Unless of course, you think people should go to jail for copying files.
~X~
Drugs = criminal offense.
Download copyrighted works = civil offense.
You cannot compare the two.
~X~
You're argument doesn't hold water. You're trying to compare personal, private information to a copyrighted work.
These are two very very different things.
Compare apples to apples.
~X~
And a common-sense argument is if you put 75000 hp in your standard car, they'll be using a sponge to get your remains off from whatever scorched patch of asphalt you tried to run it on.
~X~
Ant colonies.
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I wonder how many people require heavy email use for their work?
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I would disagree. I think more people are familiar with blogs than some think. The media covers them, the younger audiences flock to them.
They're pretty popular. However, you're probably right. They're not popular enough.
I wonder if when Rome fell, anyone said "here comes the Dark Ages".
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I understand karma fine. However, in the real world money is power. Companies (and governments) get away with crap everyday that they shouldn't.
The real world doesn't follow Karma. It follows cash.
~X~
I point thee to the wikipedia where it states the peak of the empire occured during the mid-19th century.
The fall picked up speed rapidly after WWI and the empire was summarily finished after WWII.
However, the empire spanned several centuries. This is what I was referring to.
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